Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 391
حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ، عَنْ أُمِّ الدَّرْدَاءِ، عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: أَلاَ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِدَرَجَةٍ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الصَّلاَةِ وَالصِّيَامِ وَالصَّدَقَةِ؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى، قَالَ: صَلاَحُ ذَاتِ الْبَيْنِ، وَفَسَادُ ذَاتِ الْبَيْنِ هِيَ الْحَالِقَةُ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu al-Darda’ reported that the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: Shall I tell you of a rank better than prayer, fasting and charity? They said, ‘Yes.’ He said: Mending relations between people. Corrupting relations between people is the shaver.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source uses a striking metaphor, calling discord ‘the shaver’; it is left literal rather than replacing it with an explanatory paraphrase.